Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-03-31

EHE WEST.
CARUrHERs, the great pitcher, has signed
with the st. Louis team 1t Is UNDERSTOOD
chat he is to receive s., 600.
The blockade ON the Canadian Pacific
railway has been raised and trains now run
to the Pacific Ocean
THE vinegar manufacturers west OF the
Mississippi have formed pool.
MANDAN, Oak, was flooded by the recent
rise in the Upper Missouri.
An itinerant doctor named Randall was
shot dead in court at Hastings, Neb-, re-
Gently by the brother OF young girl WHOM
he had ruined.
SEVEN of the Bald Knobbers under ar
rest at Ozark Mo-, have confessed.
THE Consolidated Street Railway Com
pany of Cincinnati has given way to Its
men in every respect.
JUDGE CHARLES R. WHITE of the Com
mon Pleas Court OF Springfield, o., has
decided that Bohemian oats notes are valld
in innocent hands.
THE striking miners have secured posses
sion of the Rutherford Coal mine at Wesley
City Ill, and now run it on the co-opera-
tive plan.
THE cattle in the Indian Territory have
N ever wintered so we'll as during the pas:
season and unless prices are very low the
owners of herds will make much money.
A SPECIAL from Pierre, Oak, of the 2lst
says: 1.-THE river began rising this after
noon and is higher than at any time since
March, 1880 1t is still rising two feet an
hour and will have to rise six feet more to
do damage here The ice is running out
nicely"
kansas CITY, No., has been made re-
serve city under the provisions Of the act
passed at the last session of Congress.
HAMBURGER & FRAND, general merchan-
disc dealers, at Oga and Weiser City, Id.
T., have failed. Liabilities are 100000.
WILLIE SELLS, the boy fiend, who was
convicted of having murdered his father,
mother, sister and brother some time ago
near Chanute, Kan, has confessed. He
says that his brother Waty first killed his
father in a quarrel, that he was then so in
censed that he took the axe and killed
Waty and the rest of the family.
THE Missouri Legislature adjourned
March 81. The Governor gave notice Of an
extra session.
THE Jackson family-father, mother and
two children-were drowned in the recent
flood at Painted Woods, near Bismarck,
Oak.
AN attempt was made recently to assassi-
nate George S. Bailey, at Springfield, Ill.
He belonged to the Labor party, represent
ing East st. Louis in the Legislature, and
it was thought the attempt at assassina-
ton was made by anarchists, whom he
strongly opposed.
cago during the twelve months ended March
1 was 4, 426, 900, or q decrease 501, 900 as COM
pared to one year ago. The decrease is at
tributed to the stock-yards strike of last
November The number of cattle slaught-
cred during the same period was 1,60S,O00.
This shows an increase OF POO, 600 head over
any previous year.
The Democrats Of Chicago have placed
in nomination the following ticket: For
mayor, Carter H. Harrison; for city treas
urer, John H. McAvoy; for city attorney.
Charles Allen; for city clerk, Henry Stuck
art.
THE Indian who killed Lieutenant Mott
and wounded Frank Porter in Arizona has
been captured.
TWELVE miners were burned to death at
Bessemer, Mich, recently by the boarding
house of the Colby mine taking fire. The
occupants were asleep ut the time Some
few escaped by leaping from the windows.
THE demands of the dissatisfied employees
OF the North Chicago rolling mills have
been conceded almost in their entirety.
EVERY few weeks the country is informed
that the Tongue River Indians, of Montana,
are starving to death. A recent dispatch
from Agent Upshaw was to the effect that
no Indians under that agency have starved
Co death, and that they are drawing their
customary rations.
AT the passenger meeting OF the Central
Traffic Association at Chicago recently con-
siderable ill-feeling was developed over the
refusal OF the Chicago & Grand Trunk road
to agree to the abrogation of second class
rates. The adjustment OF commissions
was also discussed and a report made to
the managers that il was not feasible, as
several of the lines refused to agree to the
reform.
The Miners Association OF the coke
region has elected John Mcbride, of Column
bus, o., and William Mullen, of Scottdale,
Pa, arbitrators. The board to settle the
wage dispute will meet soon.
SODA pop and mineral water bottling
works of Chicago have effected consolida-
zion with capital stock of S6UO, 900, and
have placed all their manufactures, deliv-
cry wagons and other appliances into the
pool Only three firms remained outside of
the combination.
THE Grand Trunk railway has cut loose
so Chicago report says, from the Central
Traffic Association.
THE SOUTH.
AFTER long struggle William 81. Martin
was nominated for Congress at Palestine,
Tex, to succeed Reagan, on the 272d bal
lot. several competitors having withdrawn
from the contest in order to break the dead
lock.
GUY WEBER, treasurer and manager of
the ST. Andrews Bay Land Company of
Florida, has been arrested in Cincinnati, on
charge of misus1g the United States
mails by sending out circulars designed to
defraud. The company has been selling
lots in Florida at 81 each.
SCOTT HARDEN, alias Captain jerks,
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